R&D Nuclear Safeguards Engineer (Early/Mid-Career)

Posting Duration:

This posting will be open for application submissions for a minimum of seven (7) calendar days, including the ‘posting date’. Sandia reserves the right to extend the posting date at any time.

NNSA Requirements for MedPEDs:

If you have a Medical Portable Electronic Device (MedPED), such as a pacemaker, defibrillator, drug-releasing pump, hearing aids, or diagnostic equipment and other equipment for measuring, monitoring, and recording body functions such as heartbeat and brain waves, if employed by Sandia National Laboratories you may be required to comply with NNSA security requirements for MedPEDs.

If you have a MedPED and you are selected for an on-site interview at Sandia National Laboratories, there may be additional steps necessary to ensure compliance with NNSA security requirements prior to the interview date.

Salary Range:

$88,600 - $172,300

*Salary range is estimated, and actual salary will be determined after consideration of the selected candidate's experience and qualifications, and application of any approved geographic salary differential.

What Your Job Will Be Like:

We are seeking a R&D S&E, Nuclear Engineer with safeguards and/or nuclear fuel cycle experience to join Sandia's Storage & Transportation Tech Organization. This role will support safeguards modeling and simulation for various types of nuclear facilities in the nuclear fuel cycle. Work will focus on programming plant models for safeguards analysis and evaluating new concepts to augment materials control and accountability. We are looking for an engineer to think at a systems level and propose and evaluate new approaches and ideas for advanced safeguards systems. Familiarity with chemical processing or nuclear material safeguards is desired, along with experience in modeling and simulation. This position will require the ability to clearly communicate results for program managers with the potential to develop new proposals. A limited amount of travel may be required.

On any given day, you may be called on to:

• Develop and program safeguards models and perform analysis of safeguards systems
• Develop new ideas in areas related to nuclear fuel cycle safeguards and security
• Highlight scientific work through technical presentations and conference attendance
• Compile and interpret data, contributing to technical reports, journal articles, and oral presentation focused on disseminating and documenting the performed experimental work

Due to the nature of the work, the selected applicant must be able to work onsite 50% of the time.

Qualifications We Require:

• Master's in Nuclear, Mechanical or Chemical Engineering, Computer Science, or other closely related STEM field
• Experience with Matlab, Python or similar programming experience
• Ability to obtain and maintain a US DOE Q-level security clearance

Qualifications We Desire:

• Phd in Nuclear, Mechanical or Chemical Engineering, Computer Science, or other closely related STEM field
• Advanced computer programming abilities, which may include advanced Matlab and Simulink experience, or Python experience
• Familiarity with domestic and international safeguards or security
• Record or publications in peer-reviewed journals
• Strong written and spoken communication skills

About Our Team:

The Storage and Transportation Technologies Department conducts the R&D to support the development of the technical basis for the extended storage and transportation of commercial used nuclear fuel, and safeguards and security modeling and analysis of nuclear fuel cycle facilities. The department produces peer-reviewed research reports pertaining to many areas of used nuclear fuel storage, transportation, and security including: chemical instigators and mitigate of stress corrosion cracking of stainless steel; analysis of stress and strain on used nuclear fuel rods, cladding, and assemblies; modeling & simulation for analysis of safeguards and security systems.

About Sandia:

Sandia National Laboratories is the nation’s premier science and engineering lab for national security and technology innovation, with teams of specialists focused on cutting-edge work in a broad array of areas. Some of the main reasons we love our jobs:

• Challenging work with amazing impact that contributes to security, peace, and freedom worldwide
• Extraordinary co-workers
• Some of the best tools, equipment, and research facilities in the world
• Career advancement and enrichment opportunities
• Flexible work arrangements for many positions include 9/80 (work 80 hours every two weeks, with every other Friday off) and 4/10 (work 4 ten-hour days each week) compressed workweeks, part-time work, and telecommuting (a mix of onsite work and working from home)
• Generous vacations, strong medical and other benefits, competitive 401k, learning opportunities, relocation assistance and amenities aimed at creating a solid work/life balance*

World-changing technologies. Life-changing careers. Learn more about Sandia at: http://www.sandia.gov*These benefits vary by job classification.

Security Clearance:

Sandia is required by DOE to conduct a pre-employment drug test and background review that includes checks of personal references, credit, law enforcement records, and employment/education verifications. Applicants for employment need to be able to obtain and maintain a DOE Q-level security clearance, which requires U.S. citizenship. If you hold more than one citizenship (i.e., of the U.S. and another country), your ability to obtain a security clearance may be impacted.

Applicants offered employment with Sandia are subject to a federal background investigation to meet the requirements for access to classified information or matter if the duties of the position require a DOE security clearance. Substance abuse or illegal drug use, falsification of information, criminal activity, serious misconduct or other indicators of untrustworthiness can cause a clearance to be denied or terminated by DOE, resulting in the inability to perform the duties assigned and subsequent termination of employment.

EEO:

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status and any other protected class under state or federal law.

Job ID: 687682